Dress

c. 1937

Aurelia Arbo

Associated Names
Aurelia Arbo

Artist, American, 1909 - 1993

This watercolor shows a dress with wide sleeves, a long skirt, and an intricate checkered pattern. The dress is in shades of gray and has a line of buttons down the front and a darker strip curved around the waist. A smaller version of the same dress has been sketched on the left side of the image, showing how it looks from the back. The background is plain paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 43.2 x 36.5 cm (17 x 14 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.1384


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: A. Arbo.

Wikidata ID

Q64536382

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